6.7% ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 6.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Woodville Park · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Woodville Park
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Woodville Park, where 16% of workers are in this field. The area has a high number of adults working or looking for work, though the unemployment rate is much higher than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 67.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the South Australian figure of 60%. While full-time employment is slightly above the state average at 59.9%, the unemployment rate is much higher than most areas at 6.7%.
67.4% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.7%
- 2016: 65.6%
- 2021: 67.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.9% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.1%
- 2016: 59.9%
- 2021: 59.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 16%, followed by retail trade at 11.6% and construction at 10%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 22.3%, with clerical and administrative jobs making up another 13.5% of the workforce.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Woodville Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41646/woodville-park/topic/employment